Think you are slim?
Think you are slim?
Lose some extra kilos and a few more centimetres from the waist to be healthy now. Because experts have just lowered the benchmark to measure obesity as Indians are more prone to lifestyle diseases like diabetes.
Indian men should keep their waist size below 90cm (35 inches) and women below 80cm (31.5 inches). Anything more will mean they are obese, according to the new norms endorsed by the Union health ministry.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) waist size cut-off for abdominal obesity is 102cm (40.2 inches) for men and 88cm (34.6 inches) for women.
Breaking away from the WHO standards, experts have also lowered the body-mass index (BMI) cut-off for Indians. BMI is the ratio of weight in kilograms to height in metres squared. The new norms say a person with a BMI of 23 will be considered overweight while one with a BMI of 25 will be obese. The WHO standards call a person with a BMI of more than 25 overweight and anyone with a BMI above 30 obese.
according to the new norms, an Indian with a BMI of more than 25 is a fit case for drug therapy to control obesity while those with a BMI of 32.5 or more can go in for bariatric (stomach-stapling) surgery.
The WHO had recently asked all countries to formulate their own standards based on their genetic, social, and economic requirements.
Lose some extra kilos and a few more centimetres from the waist to be healthy now. Because experts have just lowered the benchmark to measure obesity as Indians are more prone to lifestyle diseases like diabetes.
Indian men should keep their waist size below 90cm (35 inches) and women below 80cm (31.5 inches). Anything more will mean they are obese, according to the new norms endorsed by the Union health ministry.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) waist size cut-off for abdominal obesity is 102cm (40.2 inches) for men and 88cm (34.6 inches) for women.
Breaking away from the WHO standards, experts have also lowered the body-mass index (BMI) cut-off for Indians. BMI is the ratio of weight in kilograms to height in metres squared. The new norms say a person with a BMI of 23 will be considered overweight while one with a BMI of 25 will be obese. The WHO standards call a person with a BMI of more than 25 overweight and anyone with a BMI above 30 obese.
according to the new norms, an Indian with a BMI of more than 25 is a fit case for drug therapy to control obesity while those with a BMI of 32.5 or more can go in for bariatric (stomach-stapling) surgery.
The WHO had recently asked all countries to formulate their own standards based on their genetic, social, and economic requirements.
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